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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 2. CONTRACTS 1549-1701›TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT 1549-1615›CHAPTER 3. Consent 1565-1590

§ 1575

California Civil Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Undue influence consists:

  1. In the use, by one in whom a confidence is reposed by another, or who holds a real or apparent authority over him, of such confidence or authority for the purpose of obtaining an unfair advantage over him;

  2. In taking an unfair advantage of another’s weakness of mind; or,

  3. In taking a grossly oppressive and unfair advantage of another’s necessities or distress.

(Enacted 1872.)

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